Key



Sept. 9 1924.

J. KOMOROUS KEY Original Filed June 19, 1922 Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

warren star JO SEPH KOIVIOROUS, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 IABISIAN NOVELTY COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION: or ILLINOIS.

KEY.

Original application filed June 19, 1922, Serial No. 569,546. Divided and this application filed April; 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnen KoMonoUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Keys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to keys for use in releasing the locking devices of receptacles, such as savings banks,-and which involve a plurality of separately defiectable parts required to be operated to effeet the release of the closure of the receptacle; my primary object being to provide a novel, simple and economical construction of key for the above stated purpose and which is so formed that it may be used for effecting the unlocking operation where the parts to be actuated by the key are so related to the apertured portion of the receptacle through which the key is introduced, that tampering with the locking means is rendered very difficult.

I have devised my improved key for use, more particularly, in connection with savings banks of the general construction disclosed in my pending application for United States Patent, Serial No. 569,546, filed June 19, 1922, and involving, as a part of the look ing means for the cover thereof, a plurality of separately defiectable tongues carried by one part and adapted to interlock with another part of the bank, the key operating, when applied to operative position, to effect the release of the tongues from the parts with which they engage to permit of the opening of the bank; though my improved key may be used in connection with looking devices of other constructions, the present application being a division of the aforementioned pending application.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated my improved tool in connection with a bank of the construction shown in my said pending application:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved key. Figure 2 is a plan view of the savings bank hereinbefore referred to and for use in connection with which the key of Figure 1 was more particularly devised, as above stated, the parts of the bank being shown in assembled and interlocked condi- Serial no. 634,774,

tion, with the key represented by dotted lines, preliminarily positioned thereon {55 unlocking the cover fromthe main body portion of the bank. Figure 3 is a face View of the inside of the cover section of the bank. Figure is anedge View o-fthe body portion of the bank with which the cover section C0-OP6I3teS. Figure 5 is a view in side ele vation of a portion ofthe body of the bank, with the cover section removed. Figure 6 is a broken sectional view taken at the line (5' on Figures 3 and 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrows, showing the key preliminarily positioned for opening the bank and Figure 7, a similar View taken at t he line 7 on Figure 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. 1 i i i The particular illustrated construction of key comprises a body portion 8 provided at one end with spaced apart depending leg portions 9 terminating in forwardly projecting extensions 10 which extend length wise of the key and in a plane oli set below the body portion 8. Y i i i The particular construction of receptacle shown comprises a hollow body portion, represented at 11, forming'the main portion of the bank receptacle, this body portion being shown as formed of a cylindrical shell 12 and an end plate 13 closing one end of the shell and rigidly secured to the latter. The structure also involves av removable cover, or end plate 14;, formed as a part separate from the body portion 12 and adapted to be releasably interlocked with the latter in a manner hereinafter described.

The shell 12 contains a coin-receiving slot 1.5 extending transversely of the axis of the shell and a side opening 16 for viewing the contents of the bank, the coin slot 15 being shown as provided with a flexible guard device 17 of any suitable construction, for preventing retraction through the coin slot of coins deposited into the bank.

The end of the shell 12, opposite that at i which the cap plate 13 is secured, is provided with a series of inwardly extending projections 18 shown as formed by ing the edge of the shell as represented most clearly in Figures 1 and '7 and located between adjacent ones of the projections 18, and in a position, in the particular construction shown, in general line with indent- I the coin slot 15, is a pair of recesses 19, and extending in line with these recesses and set back from the edge containing them are two key-receiving slots 20, these slots being spaced the same distance apart as the legs 9 of the key and of such shape as to permit the extremities 10 of the legs 9 to enter the slots.

The cover section 14: which has rotation on the shell 12 at the end thereof opposite that equipped with the cap 13, except as restrained by the locking means hereinafter described, is provided on its inner face with a series of projections 21 extending downwardly and in an outward direction, as represented more clearly in Figure 7, and with a pair of spring tongues 22 so spaced as to register with, and enter, the recesses 19,

when in registration therewith, as hereinafter described, the projections 21 and tongues 22 being shown as formed integrally from a plate 22 of spring metal which is rigidly secured to the inner face of the body portion of the plate 1 1. The projections 18 and 21 are so disposed that when the cover'piate 1 1 is applied to the body portion 12 to form a closure there for, and is rotated to a position in which the tongues 22, under their spring action, spring into the recesses 19, and thus hold the plate 14 against rotation until these tongues are released from these recesses, the projections 21 will extend into overlapping relation to the projections 18 and prevent separation of the plate 14s from the body portion 12 by relative movement of these parts lengthwise of the receptacle, whereby the cover plate 1% will be locked against disengagement from the body portion.

The key of Figure 1, to unlock the cover plate 1 1 by withdrawing the tongues 22 from the recesses 19 thus permitting the cover section to be rotated to disengage the lugs 21 from the projections 18 is intro duced at its leg portions 9 into the slots 20 to the position shown in Figure 6 and thereupon rocked downwardly at its outer end, toward the body 12 of the receptacle, the extremities of the portions 10 of the key riding against the inner faces of the tongues 22 and deflecting them out of the recesses 19, whereupon the cover 141 is free to be rotated and wholly disengaged from the body 11, as before stated.

lit will be noted that by forming the key as stated, it is rendered highly effective for engaging tongues at portions thereof lying closely adjacent to the inner surface of the body 12, or in other words, tongues so lo cated relative to the body of the receptacle that actuation of the tongues to effect re lease, cannot be easily accomplished without the use of a key of the shape shown.

Furthermore, the provision of the key as shown permits of the actuation of separately deflectable members (the tongues of the construction shown) all of which required to be deflected in order that the locking means may be released /Vhile l have described my improved key as provided for use in connection with the particular receptacle structure shown, l do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it to use in connection with this particular structure, nor do I wish to be understood as intending to limit it to the particular form shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

1. A key for the purpose described, comprising a body portion having legs spaced apart with forwardly projeciing portions extending lengthwise of the key and disposed in a plane otl'set below said body portiom 2. A key for the purposedescribed, conrprising a body portion having legs spaced apart and extending lengthwise of the key, said legs having forwardly projecting portions extending lengthwise of the key and in a plane offset below said body portion.

3. A key for the purpose described, comprising a body portion having legs extend ing at an angle thereto at opposite sides of the body portion and spaced apart, said legs having forwardly projecting portions offset from the plane of said body portion.

4. A key for the purpose described, comprising a body portion having legs spaced apart with forwardly projecting portions extending lengthwise of the key and in a plane offset below said body portion, the bottom surfaces of said legs being curved.

JOSEPH KOMOROUS; 

